Re: Porting librsvg to an Embedded Platform

Thanks for the correction Dominic. I had assumed that the GNOME library 
would support animations though it was not explicitly mentioned anywhere.

Thanks a ton for your time and help. I need to search more!

thanks and regards
Mohit

Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
>>  Thanks a lot Dominic. Your comments have been definitely helpful. We
>> basically wish to display simple SVG animations on our system. Our 
>> system is
>> not intended to be as powerful as the Nokia 770 platform.
>
> librsvg doesn't do animations.
>
>>  One more question: Would it be possible to port librsvg on a system 
>> without
>> an OS?
>
> I honestly have no idea.
>
>>  thanks and regards
>>  Mohit Garg
>>
>>
>>  Dominic Lachowicz wrote:
>> Hi Mohit,
>>
>>
>>  I am afraid, we do not have a dedicated FPU on our system. Since we are
>>  still in the design stage, RAM and HD are not yet finalised. Could 
>> you give
>>  me the minimum RAM and HD requirements for librsvg? Also, would it be
>>  possible to port librsvg and Cairo to Fixed-Point?
>>
>>  Of course it would be possible (provided that there was no API/ABI
>>  breakage). There are some patches already that port Cairo to fixed
>>  point. I don't know how complete they are, or what their chances of
>>  being merged upstream are.
>>
>>
>>  "the driver interface" referred to the underlying Graphics API 
>> running on
>>  the system. I am assuming that librsvg runs over some Graphics API 
>> which
>>  allows it to interface with the display driver. Are there any minimum
>>  requirements on such a Graphics API?
>>
>>  Cairo is this "driver interface". It interfaces with a lot of Graphics
>>  APIs, such as X11/Win32/OSX/BeOS, and also things like PNGs, PDFs, PS,
>>  ...
>>
>>
>>  In short, would you recommend using librsvg as a starting point for 
>> porting
>>  it to an embedded platform (SVG-Tiny) or would you rather recommend 
>> that we
>>  use an existing SVG-Tiny library and port it?
>>
>>  Well, I can't say for sure. I don't fully understand your requirements
>>  and schedule. I also don't know about the status of other SVG-Tiny
>>  renderers. I do know that people have gotten librsvg to work on some
>>  "embedded" devices, such as the Nokia 770 platform.
>>
>>  Best,
>>  Dom
>>
>>  --
>> Mohit Garg
>> Innoviti Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
>> 503-503, Oxford Chambers
>> Rustam Bagh, Kodihalli
>> Bangalore - 560 017
>> India
>> Ph.: +91-80-4112-7390
>> Fax:+91-80-3057-0943
>>
>>
>
>

-- 
Mohit Garg
Innoviti Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
503-503, Oxford Chambers
Rustam Bagh, Kodihalli
Bangalore - 560 017
India
Ph.: +91-80-4112-7390
Fax:+91-80-3057-0943

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